Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A trial is held over the death of 24-year-old Robert L. Moody, who was allegedly beaten to death on board the pleasure ship City of Panama. Henke, Irwin, and Burgess sit in the first row behind the bannister. A large crowd of men and women are seen sitting or standing behind them, while sunlight comes in through two open windows. Photograph appears with the article, "Death on Ship Laid to Beating," Los Angeles Times, 06 Sep 1933: A2. Text from negative sleeve: BURGESS, NORMAN MURDER CASE, 1933 Handwritten on negative: Norman Burgess, Betty Lee, Edna Henke Text from newspaper caption: Friends of Victim in Sea Tragedy Left to right, at Coroner's inquest, Norman Burgess, Mildred Irwin, also known as Betty Lee, and Edna Hinke.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1226 ark:/21198/zz002dbndx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Courtrooms--California--Santa Monica Trials (Murder)--California--Santa Monica Witnesses--California--Santa Monica Irwin, Mildred, b. 1911 Burgess, Norman Henke, Edna
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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